Systematic Doping at Mapei?

timoid.

Surprised this one went under the radar. According to cyclingnews:

Proof of systematic doping at Mapei?
Documents have surfaced in Italy which offer proof of systematic doping by the defunct Italian Team Mapei, according to German television station ARD. During the 2001 season riders where systematically taking drugs such as EPO, testosterone, anabolic steroids, and also most likely synthetic insulin, the documents allegedly reveal.

No riders were named in the documents, according to the reports. Many riders taking part in this year's Tour de France were members of the 2001 Mapei team, including the current bearer of the yellow jersey and Time Trial World Champion Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) and Italian world champion Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic).


What will Lefevre say about this and what does the Cadel Evans is clean band wagon think?

iainf72

Timoid. wrote:

What will Lefevre say about this and what does the Cadel Evans is clean band wagon think?

And Cadel also did a spell with those needle junkies Telekom.

You just don't know, do you?

speshcp

I reckon Evans was clean when he was riding XC - if he was juicing, his progression to being a potential contender in the Grand Tours would have been quicker, surely? :?

timoid.

The documents relate to 2001. Seems I might have been a little hasty mentioning Evans, but he did ride for the same team.

However, lets see if you can spot a familiar face or two...


Elio Aggiano (Ita) - Adriano Baffi (Ita) - Franco Ballerini (Ita) - Michele Bartoli (Ita) - Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) - Paolo Bettini (Ita) - Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) - Davide Bramati (Ita) - David Canada Gracia (Spa) - Fabian Cancellara (Swi) - Dario Cioni (Ita) - Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) - Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) - Bernhard Eisel (Aut) - Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) - Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Stefano Garzelli (Ita) - Graziano Gasparre (Ita) - Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) - Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) - Philippe Koehler (Fra) - Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) - Bart Leysen (Bel) - Scott McGrory (Aus) - Daniele Nardello (Ita) - Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) - Andrea Noé (Ita) - Luca Paolini (Ita) - Evgueni Petrov (Rus) - Filippo Pozzato (Ita) - Eddy Ratti (Ita) - Antonio Rizzi (Ita) - Michael Rogers (Aus) - Luca Scinto (Ita) - Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) - Tom Steels (Bel) - Andrea Tafi (Ita) - David Tani (Ita) - Charley Wegelius (GBr) - Pavel Zerzan (Cze) - Stefano Zanini (Ita)